UK—WWI Service Records, Form Identification [Part 27]

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This project is a test to determine what records should be indexed in the UK WWI Service Records Collection. As an indexer, you will go through the batch, look at an image, and determine what record type the image is. Once you determine the record type, go on to the next image. To determine the record type, look closely at the title of the form. No indexing will be done in this test. This test is designed to help us index only the certain record types that we have focused on.

Record Types

The following are the record types that we want you as an indexer to indentify:

Attestation

Attestation Form—Short Service = Attestation record type

Attestation Form—Militia = Attestation record type

Attestation Form—Territorial Force = Attestation record type

Attestation Form—Long Service = Attestation record type

Casualty

Casualty Form—Active Service = Casualty record type

Certificate of Identity

Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity = Certificate of Identity record type

Death

Certified Copy of an Entry of Death = Death record type

Disability

Statement as to Disability = Disability record type

Discharge Documents

Cause of Discharge = Discharge record type

Descriptive Return of a Soldier Discharged or Transferred to the Reserve = Discharge record type

Proceedings on Discharge = Discharge record type

Territorial Force—Proceedings on Discharge during the period of Embodiment = Discharge record type

Application for Discharge of a Recruit = Discharge record type

Enlistment

Descriptive Report on Enlistment = Enlistment record type

Descriptive Report on Joining = Enlistment record type

Medical

Medical Report on an Invalid = Medical record type

Medical History of = Medical record type

Medical Report on a Soldier Boarded Prior to Discharge or Transfer = Medical record type

Record of Service

Record of Service Paper = Record of Service

Transfer

Particulars of Soldier on Transfer to Army Reserve = Transfer record type

Other

Letters,

Telegrams

Tidbits

Notes

Title boards

Targets

Back of documents

Any other form that is not on the cheat sheet

Look at the image and examine the title of the form. Only use the title of the form to determine the record type.

Try to train your eyes to look for the following words in the title of the form: Attestation, Casaulty, Certificate of Identity, Death, Disability, Discharge, Enlistment, Medical, Record of Service, and Transfer.